Cupola car-dumping mechanism.



J.V HYSIJOP. GUPOLA GAR DUMPIG MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1907.

Patented Feb. 9, 1309.

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J. HYSLOP.

CUPOLA4 CAR DUMPING MEGHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. 1907.

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JAMES HYSLOI, HARVEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN'OR TO Vi'HITING FOUNDRY EQUIPMIINT COMPANY, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, A CORIORA'ION Ol" lLLI'NOIS,

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Specification of Letters Eateilit.- i

Patented Febf, 1909.

Application filed. .Tune 15, 1907. Serial No. 379,254.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Ile it known thatl, J AMES Ilrsnor, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britaiiure- `'ding at Harvey, in the .county of Cook and .tnte of Illinois, have invented a certa in new and useful Improvement in Cupola Car- .Duinping Mechanisnnof which the follow- This invention relates to mechanism for charging a foundry cupola with iron or fuel charges and its object is to provide a device ly means of which acar may be run along a track on the charging floor of the foundry which is sufficiently far away from the cupola so that it-does not interfere with working around it and may then be automatically dumped into the cupola.

The invention consists in a novel form of platformv on which the carmay be rolled said platform being pivoted at a point above the floor of theroom and above the tops of the railson which thecar 'travels the same being provided with means for locking the car to the track and to the platform and with the power mechanism for then tilting the platform with the attached car to such a position that the load within the car mayA readily be discharged into the cupola.

The invention also consists in a novel form of apron attached to the platform which automatically adjusts itself so as to carry the load from the car into the cupola without the spilling of said load upon the floor.

The invention also consists in means for controlling the operation of the tiltingplatform at a convenient point some distancel therefrom and adj acentto the cupola proper.

The invention further consists in details of construction which will be hereafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a portion'of the cupola showing the device of this invention applied thereto, the'car carrying the load appearing in the end view. Fig. 2 is a view taken at right anglesto that of- Fig. 1 on the line 2-2 of that figure.

The foundry cupola 4, only a portion ofl which is shown, rises from an ordinary foundry floor 5 and has 1n one side a chute or passageway 6 through which material which is to be :worked by the cupola mayl pass therein. These parts are .of the ordiexcept as combined with other parts set out form no partA of this'invention hook 3S adapted in the claim. In the floor '5 is a cylinder pit S having at its bottom a base casting 9 which is pivotally mounted atl() to an upright cylinder 12.within which is a vertically movable piston carrying a piston rod 14. rlhe lower end of this cylinder 12 is connected by a horizontal pipe 15 and a vertical pipe 16A to a suitable valve mechanism 1 ;7 located at a convenient point adjacent to the cupola through which valve mechanism, compressed air, water or steam may be admitted to the cylinder from any suitable source of supply. 0n one side of the pit S and adjacent to tie cupola are two upright standards or castingsl 20 carrying a horizontal rod or shaft 21.

Mounted upon this shaft 21 by means of tip/e plates 22 are two or more angular members 23, 24 and 25 parallel to each other as shown 'so'that when the rails 26 are laid upon theiparts 25 the combined structure constitutes a platform upon which the car 28 may be run djacent to the cupola. The car he rail 26 in the ordinary wheels 29 enga/ge"L mannerV and are held against lateral movement in veither direction off from said rails bv theJ guards )usually angle bars 31 and 32. The members 25 of the platform are connected by the pivotal mechanism 34 to the piston rod 14. On the side of thc platform 25 awa from the cu ola is laced a casting 3G to which is pivotally connected at 37 a to engage the depending loop 40 or otherl suitable device upon the underside of the car for the purpose of holding the car upon the platform when the entire platform and car attached lis moved by the cylinder mechanism from the full line position of Fig. 1` to the dotted line position of that figure.

Pivotally mounted upon a suitable shaft or rod 40a attachedto the frame member 23 is an apron 41 having side guard members 42 said apron bearing and being normally supported upon the upper angular corners 44'. of the member 23. This apron is, as sliown,also so constructed that its end 46 is, as shown, adapted, when the car is tilted, to engage the bottom of the chute 6. The pivoting of this apron'4l ata point higher than the shaft 21 results 'in the upper portion 47 of the apron practically clearing the car body when the part-s are in the full line po ,sition of Fig. 1 and extending some' little distance under the body of; the car proper carries the load lroni the ing fluid chr;

Huard l2 and the lett hand rail 26.

as shown, wl en the parts are tilted to dotted line position of Fig. l, with the result. that the apron is outl of the Way of the car as it is run on the platform 25 and yet perfectly ear to the cupola lwhen the car is in the dotted line position.

ln the operation of this device7 assni-ning that a cai' has been run on the platform 25 to the position shown; the operator Itakes hold ogl the hook 3S and adjusts it to operative position shown and then operates the valve mechanism 1"( to adniit working `itluid or gas under the piston inside the cylinder l2. i'is soon as this takes place this Workates the platt'oini 25 and attached ca" to dotted line position. During this opera ii the car is held upon the platforni by the hook 23S and by the angular As the far is elevated the apron swings ironi full line position to dotted liue position so'tliat when 'that position is reached and the load begins to discharge troni the car it passes direetiy over the apron, through the Chute Vhen (S and into the cupola. 'without waste. the car is dumped the operator Works the "valve l? in the reverse direction thereby al* lowing' the fluid to pass out of the cylinder l2 and the car and attached parts gradually settle down freni the dotted line position to the full line position of Fig. l. The hooli 38 is now disengaged ironi the car and the car inay be inoved olil the platform aiongr any suitable track.

Having thus described iny l claini as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the class described in conibination With a tiltable platform and a track for a car thereon a rigid hook pivotally inounted at one sido ot the track adapted to detachably engage a portion of the car .tor the purpose of securing it upon the track and guard flanges inside ot' and adjacent to each rail adapted to engage v the wheels of the ear for the purl'iose loit holding it upon the tracl-r.

lin witness whereof. lA have hereunto sub scribed niy naine in the presence of Lvvo wit nesses. I

'iild ES HYSLOP, Witnesses r A. H. MoDoUGi/iL-L, J. A. FAiuiis.

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